Year | Player | Club |
1948 | Stanley Matthews | “Blackpool” |
1949 | Johnny Carey | “Manchester United” |
1950 | Joe Mercer | “Arsenal” |
1951 | Harry Johnston | “Blackpool” |
1952 | Billy Wright | “Wolverhampton Wanderers” |
1953 | Nat Lofthouse | “Bolton Wanderers” |
1954 | Tom Finney | “Preston North End” |
1955 | Don Revie | “Manchester City” |
1956 | Bert Trautmann | “Manchester City” |
1957 | Tom Finney | “Preston North End” |
1958 | Danny Blanchflower | “Tottenham Hotspur” |
1959 | Syd Owen | “Luton Town” |
1960 | Bill Slater | “Wolverhampton Wanderers” |
1961 | Danny Blanchflower | “Tottenham Hotspur” |
1962 | Jimmy Adamson | “Burnley” |
1963 | Stanley Matthews | “Stoke City” |
1964 | Bobby Moore | “West Ham United” |
1965 | Bobby Collins | “Leeds United” |
1966 | Bobby Charlton | “Manchester United” |
1967 | Jackie Charlton | “Leeds United” |
1968 | George Best | “Manchester United” |
1969 | Dave Mackay
Tony Book |
“Derby County”
“Manchester City” |
1970 | Billy Bremner | “Leeds United” |
1971 | Frank McLintock | “Arsenal” |
1972 | Gordon Banks | “Stoke City” |
1973 | Pat Jennings | “Tottenham Hotspur” |
1974 | Ian Callaghan | “Liverpool” |
1975 | Alan Mullery | “Fulham” |
1976 | Kevin Keegan | “Liverpool” |
1977 | Emlyn Hughes | “Liverpool” |
1978 | Kenny Burns | “Nottingham Forest” |
1979 | Kenny Dalglish | “Liverpool” |
1980 | Terry McDermott | “Liverpool” |
1981 | Frans Thijssen | “Ipswich Town” |
1982 | Steve Perryman | “Tottenham Hotspur” |
1983 | Kenny Dalglish | “Liverpool” |
1984 | Ian Rush | “Liverpool” |
1985 | Neville Southall | “Everton” |
1986 | Gary Lineker | “Everton” |
1987 | Clive Allen | “Tottenham Hotspur” |
1988 | John Barnes | “Liverpool” |
1989 | Steve Nicol | “Liverpool” |
1990 | John Barnes | “Liverpool” |
1991 | Gordon Strachan | “Leeds United” |
1992 | Gary Lineker | “Tottenham Hotspur” |
1993 | Chris Waddle | “Sheffield Wednesday” |
1994 | Alan Shearer | “Blackburn Rovers” |
1995 | Jurgen Klinsmann | “Tottenham Hotspur” |
1996 | Eric Cantona | “Manchester United” |
1997 | Gianfranco Zola | “Chelsea” |
1998 | Dennis Bergkamp | “Arsenal” |
1999 | David Ginola | “Tottenham Hotspur” |
2000 | Roy Keane | “Manchester United” |
2001 | Teddy Sheringham | “Manchester United” |